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3.) Download the only good songs off the album, mainly "Welcome to Atlanta" with Ludacris. The other good songs are "Yours and Mine" and "Rock with Me", the only songs where he stays away from materialistic rhymes and instead raps about his life with his woman and his successful history, respectively.

4.) If you're lucky enough to get Freeway on a track ("Hate Blood"), why not have him kick a few bars instead of just the chorus, while Jermaine spends the whole third verse talking, not rapping? This would have been the best song on the album because the beat is gangsta, Jadakiss is on point and Jermaine raps aiight.

5.) Listen to some REAL hip-hop, like the OTHER J.D. (Jay Dee's Welcome 2 Detroit or any Slum Village album), Nas's Stillmatic, Blackalicious' Broken Arrow, The Eminem Show, or Nappy Roots' new album.

6.) Check yo' self if you think this is real hip-hop.

7.) Get Jermaine's first album, Life in 1472, for his best work.

8.) Repeat steps 1-7.


Welcome To ATLanta   June 21, 2002
Enlightened (In Da A)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Jermaine Dupri is basically one of the premier producers today. He can hook you up with a great beat. If you doubt his skills just look at his roster. Jagged Edge who had the summer anthem last year with Where The Party At- what a great beat and basically made Lil Bow Wow with his fiyah beats. He also has produced for the likes of TLC, Usher, Monica, UGK etc. Rapping wise...lets just say stick to producing. Does his rapping take away from the overall feel of the cd? I would say not really. Besides he recruits MC's to rap over his tracks with him. My problem is that the cd has too many frekking skits and ALL of them are pointless and NONE of them are very funny. What is the point of a skit during a producers album? Enough rambling on to the songs.

The songs are tight and proves that JD still knows how to handle the boards. Welcome To Atlanta with Ludacris was an instant classic. This song was played everywhere. Ballin Outta Control utilizes Nate Dogg's vocals to great effects. Money Hoes and Power with UGK is also a tight song. Hate Blood w/ Jadakiss and Freeway is a nice track. Rules Of The Game and Supafly are both some solid tracks. "Whatever" is a real nice laid back cruising song, has a tight beat and Nate Dogg's crooning is just butter for yo breakfast toast. Classic track. Let's Talk About It is a tight club jam. Jazzy Hoes part II is hot but not as hot as the original with Too $hort dropping a memorable classic verse. This version contains Mr. B!tch man himself Kurupt- it's his favorite word, Field Mob from Project Dreams fame, and others. However after this song the album starts to fade. They sound uninspired and by the 16th track which is Jazzy Hoes it's about that time to eject the cd.

Overall a good cd to bump for any summer ride or party. While this isn't on the level of his debut Life In 1472, it is a solid disc well worth the money investment and time. I recommend it.


JD, a top producer, but still got stuff to learn.   November 10, 2001
Mr Liam Tuite (Kent, United Kingdom)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Don't get me wrong, the album isn't the worst ever, but I feel Dupri lacked a bit of imagination. Wit' Ludacis (2:Welcome to Atlana,) Nate Dogg (8:Ballin' Out of Control) and Kurupt (13: Whatever) on the joint, the album can never be poor, but I feel wit' the album 'Life in 1472' to live up to, he was never gonna reproduce the masterclass on this album.

Overall, not bad but wit' a bit more effort could have lived up to his previous album. Dirty South 4 Sho'!!!


Solid "2nd" solo release for JD   July 22, 2005
G$ (B-More, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For his "2nd" solo album (even though this as well as "Life in 1472" have guests on most to all of the songs), JD did a good job. I'm not a huge fan of his but this album is solid. Guests are mostly to thank for that, as well as some great production (that he always seems to pull off). Of the 13 songs on here (it does have a lot of skits/interludes) 1 is a classic, 1 or 2 are near classics, 4 are ok, 1 I skip, and the rest are good. For those who have heard JD before, you know what to expect, songs about women and flashing and flautin his money, nothing new. Production is also good, JD takes part in 11 of the songs (he produces 1 and co-produces 10) and Swizz Beats & Neptunes each do a song. I'd recommend this album for his fans or fans of that kind of rap.

#2 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat -- f/ Ludacris -- also onone of his albums)
#3 - 8 (f/ UGK & Manuel Seal)
#5 - 7 (f/ Boo, Gotti, Usher, R.O.C.)
#7 - 9.5 (f/ Jadakiss & a good hook from Freeway -- nice beat)
#8 - 8.5 (f/ Nate Dogg)
#9 - 7 (f/ Bilal)
#11 - 9.5 (great beat -- f/ Manish Man)
#13 - 8.5 (f/ Nate Dogg, R.O.C., Trey Lorenz, Katrina -- nice beat)
#14 - 8 (f/ Clipse -- also on their "Lord Willin" Album)
#15 - 9 (f/ Jagged Edge -- great beat and story)
#16 - 7.5 (f/ Kurupt, Field Mob, Eddie Cain, Backbone)
#18 - 5.5 (f/ Da Brat & Kandi)
#20 - 7 (F/ Xscape)

Jermaine Dupri -- b. 9/23/73 -- Atlanta, GA
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0 0 0 0 STARS... Instructions to why u should not rap   October 31, 2002
C (San B, CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

Come on now its puffy daddy without a name change.